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No. 503,261. Patented Aug. 15, 1893.

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HABEREUTER.- BILLIARD 0R POOL TABLE.

No. 503,261.. Patented Aug' 15, 18,93Y

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. BEREUTEE, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

BILLIARD OR POOL TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 503,261, dated August 15, 1893.

Application filed March 13, 1893. Serial No. 46 5,720. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. BEREUTER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Billiard or Pool Tables, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to furniture, particularly to that type capable of being adjusted and interchanged for various purposes, its object being to produce an article of furniture which may be utilized as a billiard table, pool table, dining table, dsc., and further to provide means for adjusting the table proper, that is, for raising and lowering the same, to adapt it for the uses above mentioned.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts as hereinafter detailed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate similar parts of the device, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section on the line no or, Fig. 3, of a billiard table embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same raised to its eX- treme height. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line y y Fig. 2, and Fig. 4i is a plan view of a section on the line a e', Fig. 1.

Intervening the body of the table A, and the legs or supports C is a base frame B, which is permanently secured to the said legs, the body of the table normally resting on the base frame B, and being provided with sides A projecting downwardly and around the sides of the frame B. Aiiixed to the middle of the frame is a transverse beam ct, at the center of which is a disk h suspended by means of a pivot bolt c on which it turns, and the disk is provided with an annular flange Zi', resting in grooved guides d fastened to the lower side of the beam o. Pivoted eccentrically to the disk Z1 are rods c, connecting with and oommunicating the motion of the disk to slidable frames f to which the opposite ends of the rods are secured by means of pivots g. At each side of the slidable frames are links h pivoted to the inner side of the frame B, and movably secured to each end of the said frames. Each link at its junction with the said frame is provided with a bearing rollerz' turning on the journalj which extends through both the link and the side of the sliding frame.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that by turning the disk ZJ, which is effected by means of a lever' 7c attached to the under side of the disk, its motion will be transmitted by the connecting rods to the slidable frames, whereby the frames will be thrust forward, so that the rollers i' will bear against the un der surface of the table, causing the same to be forced upward, the height being regulated by the extent to which the lever lo is moved. In order that the framesf may not be inadvertently forced outward so far as to cause the position of the links to be reversed, and the table to fall, I attach lugs m to the outer ends of the said frames, of a length sufficient to abut against the sides of the main frame B of the table, when the links h reach the perpendicular position.

At each corner of the table between the leg C and the under surface of the table are springs Z which serve as cushions, when the table is being lowered, to prevent the top from falling too rapidly, and by its great weight crushing or injuring the frame B, or the legs. The springs being of a tensile strength nearly equal to the weight of the table, tend also to lighten the task of raising the same.

When it is desired to use the table for dining purposes, the body A is lowered by reversing the operation above described, and a suitable covering is laid over, or secured to the top. I prefer, however, to use the slatted covering shown in the drawings, which can readily be removed and rolled up into a comparatively small compass.

I do not confine myself to the exact mechanism herein shown, as the same may be varied in many particulars, nor do I limit myself to the use of the springs Z, as air or other cushions may be used in their stead.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A table comprising a legged base frame, a vertically movable table body yieldingly supported on said base frame, means for raising and lowering the table body and for securing it in raised position, substantially as shown and described.

2. A table consisting of a base frame provided with legs, a table body yieldingly supported andvertically movable'on said base frame, slidable frames in said base frame, links pivoted to the base frame and the slidable frames, and means for sliding said latter frames, substantially as shown and described.

3. A table, consisting of. a base frame resting on legs, a table body yieldingly supported .n and vertically-movable on said base frame,

slidable frames in said base frame, links pivoted to the base frame and slidable frames, bearing rollers carried by the links, and means for moving the slidable frames substantially i as shown and described.

4. A table, consisting of a base frame having legs, a table body yieldingly supported and vertically-movable on said base frame,a disk rotatable in said base frame, frames adapted to slide in said base frame, rods pivoted to said movable frames and pivoted eccentrically to said disk, links carrying bearing rollers, pivoted to said base frame and the movable frames, and means for rotating said disk, substantially as shown and described.

5. A table, consisting of a base frame having legs, a table body yieldingly supported and vertically-movable on said base frame, a

disk mounted to rotate in guides in said base frame, frames adapted to slide in said base frame, rods pivoted at one end to said movable frames and pivoted eccentrically to said disk at their other ends, links pivoted to the base frame and movable frames, bearing rol1- ers carried by said links, limitinglugs carried by the movable frames, and an operating lever centrally pivoted on the rotatable disk beneath the base frame, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a table, the combination, With a base frame provided with legs, and a table body vertically-movable on said Vbase frame, ofY 

